| Titel: | In the Beginning: The Word or the Deed? |
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| Autor: | Maxwell, Grover Maxwell, Mary Lou |
| Mediengruppe: | E publication |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 1972 |
| Band: | 17 |
| Heft: | 10 |
| Seiten: | 518-522 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1972, Vol 17(10), 518-522. Reviews the book, "Freud and Philosophy: An Essay on Interpretation" by Paul Ricoeur (see record 1971-00013-000). This is a heroic book--to reconcile science and philosophy (or Ricoeur the philosopher), psychoanalysis (or Ricoeur the critic of psychoanalysis, and religion (Ricoeur the theologian of religious symbolism). His "way to enlightenment" is that of Jnana Yoga, the intellect or the Word, and he recognizes the difficulty of his task and sees "how large the question was, but also how naive our demand was for an answer. If the journey to the point of departure is so toilsome, it is because the concrete is the final conquest of thought." Perhaps even though the concrete is impossible to conquer by thought, it can be participated in and experienced, and the "deed" may gradually enrich our thought. His task might be made easier, and the results more satisfying, given his goals and his philosophical temperament, if he considered some other approaches on the contemporary scene, including, for example, Jungian psychology, Eastern philosophy, and recent studies in philosophy of science. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) |